You know we love bringing you the wisdom of successful entrepreneurs who have - so to speak - already made it, but we also think there is so much value in learning from entrepreneurs who are actively working in the trenches to build their business. I recently got to chat with my sweet friend, Lauren Strain, a 29 year old single mom and founder of newly launched company, “Pollumination", a collection of eco-chic candles + ceramics. 

Lauren actually created a few custom tumblers for me before, and besides the fact that her products and packaging are so beautifully made, she also has a huge heart for giving back. A portion of all her proceeds goes to the Pollinator Partnership in San Francisco, California to support bee conservation. 

Lauren shares with us the hardest parts of transitioning from a service based business as a photographer to now a products based business, why she chose to make giving back a key element of her business model from the beginning,...

This conversation is extra special because we’re chatting with my friend and one of my business mentors, Rachel Pedersen. Deemed the “Queen of Social Media”, Rachel is the founder & CEO of award-winning social media marketing agency, the Viral Touch, and creator of Social Media United, a leading online education platform for social media managers. Rachel gets transparent on bouncing back from a public business flop, embracing the role of being a breadwinning woman as a now married mother of three, why TikTok is the future of social media, and her story of going from struggling single mom to replacing her 9-5 income within 6 months of working with clients and scaling multiple businesses now to 7 figures and beyond. 

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Favorite Takeaways From This Episode

• If you don’t celebrate your first win, the next ones will be harder to come by because you won't know how to recognize them.
• Celebrate EVERY win, otherwise you continue to...

Happy New Year, guys! This week’s episode is an extra special one because I got to chat with 18 of my talented friends from The Social Clique, the business mastermind I’ve been lucky to be a part of for the past year. You heard me right, I did 18 back-to-back mini interviews with these leading digital marketing experts to get the dish on their tips for marketing your business in the new year. In this mammoth episode compilation, our guests share everything from utilizing Pinterest to skyrocket your traffic & 2020 trends in influencer marketing to writing effective copy & designing converting funnels, plus so much more.

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Specific Question Timestamps

Allison Harpole

2:30- What are some common mistakes you see from business owners who manage their own social media channels?

Tammie Jones

6:27 - How long does it take to see results from Pinterest?

Tereza Toledo

10:35 - Who should and shouldn’t use Pinterest...